>In an interview with Fortune in 2004, Schwarzenegger told how he suffered what "would now be called child abuse" at the hands of his father: "My hair was pulled. I was hit with belts. So was the kid next door. It was just the way it was. Many of the children I've seen were broken by their parents, which was the German-Austrian mentality. They didn't want to create an individual. It was all about conforming. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. Therefore, I became a rebel. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, 'you can't do this,' I said, 'this is not going to be for much longer, because I'm going to move out of here. I want to be rich. I want to be somebody.'"[8]

>>34430286He's pandering to an American audience.>I come from a socialist, conformist country that hated me for wanting to stand out and constantly pulled me back >Only in America, the greatest country on earth, could I achieve my full potential >Now vote Arnold for governor. All kids were beaten back in the days, even in America.

>>34430194Finlan, he came to America as poor illegal immigrant, he didn't win Mr. Olympia on his first try, his movie career was going nowhere for a full decade, where would he be now if he gave up at some point instead of trying to improve himself?